HMAS Gull

History
United Kingdom
Name	Swanston
Builder	J. S. Doig Limited
Fate	Sold to Australia
Australia
Name	Gull
Acquired	1961
Commissioned	19 July 1962
Decommissioned	7 November 1969
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Malaysia 1964–66
Fate	Decommissioned; ultimate fate unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	Ton-class minesweeper
Displacement	440 tons
Length	152 ft (46 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	Originally Mirrlees diesel, later Napier Deltic, producing 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) on each of two shafts
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	33
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 × M2 Browning

HMAS Gull (M 1185) (formerly HMS Swanston) was a Ton-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Construction

The ship was built by J. S. Doig Limited at Grimsby, England for the RN. The ship was commissioned as HMS Swanston.

Operational history

Australia

The minesweeper was sold to the RAN in 1961, and was recommissioned as HMAS Gull on 19 July 1962.

During the mid-1960s, Gull was one of several ships operating in support of the Malaysian government during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation. This service was later recognised with the battle honour "Malaysia 1964–66".^[1][2]

Decommissioning and fate

HMAS Gull paid off on 7 November 1969.

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